Minchul Choi

Characteristics of Design/Design Policies in Socio-cultural Environments, 1960-2003: Comparative studies between Britain, Finland, Japan & Russia, focusing on the different characteristics of Korean design and its direction and application

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Aims of Investigation

To define the characteristics of design/design policy experiments in Korea, 1960-2003.

To analyze the socio-cultural ideology of Korean design in order to locate its global position.

Abstract/Research Questions

I have researched Korean design and design policy, and a scheme for development in the future for North and South Korea. My thesis is a study of effects on the social culture of design and policy. The methodology is a comparative study of Britain, Japan, Finland and Russia, from 1960-2003.

I have researched social culture, design and design policy. I addressed these questions: